On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 10:50:09PM +0200, Max Kellermann wrote:
> For improved const-correctness in the low-level memory-management
> subsystem, which provides a basis for further const-ification further
> up the call stack (e.g. filesystems).
Great, this succinctly expresses what you want!
>
> This patch series splitted into smaller patches was initially posted
> as a single large patch:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250827192233.447920-1-max.kellermann@ionos.com/
>
> I started this work when I tried to constify the Ceph filesystem code,
> but found that to be impossible because many "mm" functions accept
> non-const pointer, even though they modify nothing.
And as Vlasta said, this is great context.
>
> Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Glad we got there in the end :) hopefully having more const-ification will have
a knock-on effect anyway for future development both by:
a. People needing to ensure it downstream of this stuff &.
b. Seeing the pattern and adopting it.
So this should have a positive impact I think :)
Cheers, Lorenzo
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
> - made several parameter values const (i.e. the pointer address, not
> just the pointed-to memory), as suggested by Andrew Morton and
> Yuanchu Xie
> - drop existing+obsolete "extern" keywords on lines modified by these
> patches (suggested by Vishal Moola)
> - add missing parameter names on lines modified by these patches
> (suggested by Vishal Moola)
> - more "const" pointers (e.g. the task_struct passed to
> process_shares_mm())
> - add missing "const" to s390, fixing s390 build failure
> - moved the mmap_is_legacy() change in arch/s390/mm/mmap.c from 08/12
> to 06/12 (suggested by Vishal Moola)
>
> v2 -> v3:
> - remove garbage from 06/12
> - changed tags on subject line (suggested by Matthew Wilcox)
>
> v3 -> v4:
> - more verbose commit messages including a listing of function names
> (suggested by David Hildenbrand and Lorenzo Stoakes)
>
> v4 -> v5:
> - back to shorter commit messages after an agreement between David
> Hildenbrand and Lorenzo Stoakes was found
>
> v5 -> v6:
> - fix inconsistent constness of assert_fault_locked()
> - revert the const parameter value change from v2 (requested by
> Lorenzo Stoakes)
> - revert the long cover letter, removing long explanations again
> (requested by Lorenzo Stoakes)
>
> Max Kellermann (12):
> mm: constify shmem related test functions for improved
> const-correctness
> mm: constify pagemap related test/getter functions
> mm: constify zone related test/getter functions
> fs: constify mapping related test functions for improved
> const-correctness
> mm: constify process_shares_mm() for improved const-correctness
> mm, s390: constify mapping related test/getter functions
> parisc: constify mmap_upper_limit() parameter
> mm: constify arch_pick_mmap_layout() for improved const-correctness
> mm: constify ptdesc_pmd_pts_count() and folio_get_private()
> mm: constify various inline functions for improved const-correctness
> mm: constify assert/test functions in mm.h
> mm: constify highmem related functions for improved const-correctness
>
> arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h | 6 +--
> arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
> arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c | 2 +-
> arch/s390/mm/mmap.c | 6 +--
> arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/mm/mmap.c | 6 +--
> arch/xtensa/include/asm/highmem.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/fs.h | 6 +--
> include/linux/highmem-internal.h | 36 +++++++++---------
> include/linux/highmem.h | 8 ++--
> include/linux/mm.h | 56 +++++++++++++--------------
> include/linux/mm_inline.h | 25 ++++++------
> include/linux/mm_types.h | 4 +-
> include/linux/mmzone.h | 42 ++++++++++----------
> include/linux/pagemap.h | 59 +++++++++++++++--------------
> include/linux/sched/mm.h | 4 +-
> include/linux/shmem_fs.h | 4 +-
> mm/highmem.c | 10 ++---
> mm/oom_kill.c | 6 +--
> mm/shmem.c | 6 +--
> mm/util.c | 16 ++++----
> 21 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 153 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.47.2
>